“Yours Eternally” by U2 (featuring Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia)

     As our name indicates, this blog promotes Indie music. So we did not expect to write about Ed Sheeren or U2. But we have a soft spot for songs that feature choirs. “Yours Eternally” is a track on the politically powerful U2 album “Days of Ash,” which was intentionally released on Ash Wednesday (February 18, 2026).
 
     Taras Topolia is a Ukrainian singer and soldier best known as the lead vocalist of the band Antytila, so it's fitting that he contributed to the song “Yours Eternally.” The track is accompanied by a short film documentary highlighting the daily lives of the soldiers in the 40,000-strong Khartiya Corps. The YouTube video is included in this post.
 
     The lyrics of “Yours Eternally” end with repeating the term “volia,” which is a Ukrainian concept representing freedom, liberty, and the power of intention or willpower. The word signifies the strength to achieve goals and resist oppression, and it also represents personal independence.
 
     The members of the song’s choir are:
Bob Geldof
Jeanne Marine
Nadya Tolokonnikova (of Pussy Riot)
Chupryna Valeria
Dmytro Vodovozov
Dmytro Zholud
Kateryna Motrych
Maksym Syvolap
Mykhailo Chirko
Sergii Vusyk
Vladyslav Greziev
 
     “Yours Eternally” by U2 (featuring Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia)

Lyrics of “Yours Eternally” by U2 (featuring Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia)
Don't sleep
Don't even think about it
No need
Maybe a little bit
Still dream
About waking up free
As we can be
Forget
Whatever doesn't fit
Regret
Regret none of it
Don't bet
On getting rid of me
Yours eternally
 
Dearest friends or whatever
We are calling ourselves these days
My current location
I cannot disclose
Geographically
It's nowhere that I’ve been before
But emotionally
We’re on the same road
If you have the chance to laugh
Laugh at me
If you have the chance to hope
It's a duty
 
Don't sleep
Don't even think about it
No need
Maybe a little bit
Still dream
About waking up free
As we can be
Forget
Whatever doesn't fit
Regret
Regret none of it
Don't bet
On getting rid of me
Yours eternally
 
As your so called companion
The worst jokes and the greatest times
You got me high
And the stars got me home
Your faith in me was blinding
Yours is the song that I’ve always sung
You are not lost out there because
You are not alone
If you have a chance to reach
Reach for me
In the chaos of the earth
We’ll find beauty
All this time we’ve been chasing dust
A soldier’s song a sailor’s lust
For the glory of a world
That we can’t yet see
 
Don't sleep
Don't even think about it
No need
Maybe a little bit
Still dream
About waking up free
As we can be
Forget
Whatever doesn't fit
Regret
Regret none of it
Don't bet
On getting rid of me
Yours eternally
 
Volia, volia
Volia, volia
Volia, volia
Volia, volia